Critique:
Eleven constructs of good work:
1. Dynamism-Work that is visually arresting and causes delight.
2. Depth-Work that is not consumed in the first look but revels more upon further viewing.
3. Contemporaneity- Work that reveals something of "the now."
4. Concept-Work that is driven by an idea and the unique expression of that idea.
5. Engagement- Work that exudes the intensity and commitment of the maker.
6. Originality- Work that contributes to the ongoing search for "the new."
7. Personality- Work that communicates something of the core of the maker.
8. Soul- Work that feels whole, complete and alive.
9. Parallelism- Work that fulfills the expectations set up by its compositional gesture and stylistic phrasing.
10. Subversion- Work that subverts the brief in an effort to explode beyond the banal.
11. Craft- Work that is well made.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Poetry as Insurgent Art /Lawrence Ferlinghetti
I am signaling you through the flames. The North Pole is not where it used to be, Manifest Destiny is no longer manifest. Civilization self-destructs. The goddess Nemesis is knocking at the door....
What are poets for in such an age? What is the use of poetry? If you would be a poet, create works capable of answering the challenge of Apocalyptic times, even if this means sounding apocalyptic. You have to decide if bird cries are cries of ecstasy or cries of despair, by which you will know if you are a tragic or a lyric poet. Conceive of love beyond sex. Be subversive, constantly questioning reality and the status quo. Strive to change the world in such a way that there's no further need to be a dissident. Read between the lives, and write between the lines. Be committed to something outside yourself. Be passionate about it. But don't destroy the world, unless you have something better to replace it.
If you would snatch fame from the flames, where is your burning bow, where are your arrows of desire, where is your wit on fire?
The master class starts wars. The lower classes fight it. Governments lie. The voice of the government is often not the voice of the people.
Speak up, act out! Silence is complicity. Be the gadfly of the state and also its firefly. And if you have two loaves of bread, do as the Greeks did: sell one with the coin of the realm, and with the coin of the realm buy sunflowers.
Wake up! The world's on fire!
Have a nice day!
What are poets for in such an age? What is the use of poetry? If you would be a poet, create works capable of answering the challenge of Apocalyptic times, even if this means sounding apocalyptic. You have to decide if bird cries are cries of ecstasy or cries of despair, by which you will know if you are a tragic or a lyric poet. Conceive of love beyond sex. Be subversive, constantly questioning reality and the status quo. Strive to change the world in such a way that there's no further need to be a dissident. Read between the lives, and write between the lines. Be committed to something outside yourself. Be passionate about it. But don't destroy the world, unless you have something better to replace it.
If you would snatch fame from the flames, where is your burning bow, where are your arrows of desire, where is your wit on fire?
The master class starts wars. The lower classes fight it. Governments lie. The voice of the government is often not the voice of the people.
Speak up, act out! Silence is complicity. Be the gadfly of the state and also its firefly. And if you have two loaves of bread, do as the Greeks did: sell one with the coin of the realm, and with the coin of the realm buy sunflowers.
Wake up! The world's on fire!
Have a nice day!
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